UNGA High-level meeting on sea level rise: Statement by EU Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra
“It is important to recall the advisory opinion of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on a Request submitted to it by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law. ITLOS found that Parties to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea do have an obligation of due diligence to take all the necessary measures to prevent, reduce and control